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I Shall Not Be Moved (2 of 7)
Series: Victory In Jesus
Lenny Ports
Colossians 1:12-14

The battle between the flesh and the Spirit is a battle that each and every person that has come into the Kingdom of God faces. If there is no battle, the question must be asked, ''What kingdom am I living in?'' John ch 3 says that when you were born again, you entered into the Kingdom of God, but the enemy wants to get you back into his kingdom.

But you have been translated. Wow, say it with me, I HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED.

Colossians 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins

Jesus has already delivered us. I'VE BEEN DELIVERED!
I've been delivered out of the kingdom of darkness and been conveyed or translated into the Kingdom of Jesus.

I have already been redeemed! I have already been forgiven!!

O how important it is for us to understand what Christ has already done for us! Why? Because if you know that you are already victorious in Christ, your battles take on a whole new meaning.

In other words,

I will not let my circumstances keep me down, because I know I will overcome.
I will not be defeated by sin because I know Jesus paid for all my sin, and I now by His power walk in the newness of life.
I am on the other side of the cross - living the life He rose from the dead for me to have!
I am victorious and the victorious One lives on the inside of me! That is why we can agree with the Apostle Paul that what happens on the outside should not affect what Jesus is doing on the inside:

2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in d ...

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